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Carpathian Forest (previously known as "The Childmolesters", then "Enthrone") emerged with the demo tape "Bloodlust and Perversion" in 1992. In 1993 the band released a second demo: Journey Through the Cold Moors of Svarttjern. The following year, Forest signed to Avantgarde Music and recorded their first EP, Through Chasm, Caves and Titan Woods in 1995, followed by the debut album Black Shining Leather in 1998. Carpathian Forest played their first concert in 1998 at the Quart Festival, Kristiansand Norway supporting Immortal and Satyricon. This saw the introduction of Vrangsinn. A short studio session followed, with Tchort and Kobro being made...

"I may be an old British punk, but at the same time I guess I am still a young Ukrainian", Yuri Baluk, the leader of the band CARPATHIANA once dreamt in his own borsch-time. The debut of CARPATHIANA on the English stage was in 1996 together with the band "The Ukrainians". Later on the band & dj Baluk have taken part in numerous festivals and solo performances in Britain, Spain, Poland and Ukraine (Lviv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Crimea, Kyiv). The previous albums of the band – "CARPATHIANA" (1996) and "LOVE" (1998) - were distributed in Ukraine, Poland & the U.K. "CARPATHIANA...

Started up in the early days of the norwegian extreme scene in Kråkerøy, Norway in 1990 year by the name Pendulum. Later changed the name to Carpathian Full Moon, and released the 7"ep "Caedes Sacrilegae (Alzbety)". Got signed as one of the first bands at Avantgarde Records, and released "Serenades In Blood Minor" in 1994. One of the most promising bands back then, but sadly split up few years later, becoming the progband Julia Dream with half of the Carpathian line-up. One of two groups featuring guitarist Endre Begby (the other being black metal combo Abysmal), Carpathian Full Moon was...

The Magic Carpathians Project has been active since 1998, established by Anna Nacher and Marek Styczyński (who previously had been a leader Theatre of Sound ATMAN). Influenced by musical traditions of Eastern and Central Europe (most notably the multicultural region of Carpathians mountains, spanning through Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia), free jazz, the philosophy of sound of classical Indian music and contemporary classic the duo creates compositions based on improvisation using plethora of traditional instruments from Asia, Europa and Australia. Prepared electric guitar, home-made analog electronics, field recordings made during their numerous travels around the world and bastardised radio...